Italy’s Acquirente Unico (AU) has contracted to import an additional 3 TWh of electricity from France’s EdF by the end of 2004. A spokesman for AU said the company was very pleased with the agreement...

The French Caisse de Dépôts (CDC) could acquire a 49% stake in the country’s electricity grid operator RTE, a subsidiary of state-owned Electricité de France before RTE is split-off from its parent...

Baseload Cal ‘05 eased after recent highs on profit taking, said traders. The Cal, which traded at a record EUR 42.05/ MWh late last week, went through again at that level on Monday, before slipping...

French Calendar ’05 Baseload edged up higher on Tuesday, gaining a further EUR 0.20/MWh on Monday’s close to end at EUR 34.10-34.20/MWh. Following two days of strong performance in the contract the...

Electricity consumption in Germany remained stable for the first half of 2004 according to the German energy association of the energy industry, VDEW on Monday. A slight increase of 0.3% in...

The 1,316 megawatt (MW) German Kruemmel nuclear plant will be shut in the night of Aug 27 to Aug 28 for its annual fuel exchange and maintenance outage, operator HEW, part of the Vattenfall Europe...

The world’s first commercial combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plant with carbon-dioxide (CO2) sequestration technology may be in operation by 2007. Norwegian municipal utility Hammerfest...

Italy’s energy regulator l’Autorita per l’energia elettrica e il gas (AEEG) is to hold a series of hearings to investigate the high level of gas supply tariffs at the beginning of September. The...

The UK gas and electricity transmission company National Grid Transco (NGT) has confirmed that it has sold four of its gas Local Distribution Zones (LDZs) for a combined total of £5.8 billion (EUR...

Phoenix Natural Gas, the company that supplies approximately 60,000 customers in the Greater Belfast area of Northern Ireland, has confirmed that an agreement has been reached with the province’s...

Prompt Peak prices strengthened on the contract-fordifference market this week, following the Pool higher as it unexpectedly increased between Wednesday and Thursday. Wednesday Peaks went through at...

Germany’s RWE has signed electricity tolling, gas supply and operation and maintenance agreements for a power plant to be built at Tynagh, near Galway, Ireland.Tynagh Energy Ltd will construct and...

Germany’s RWE has signed electricity tolling, gas supply and operation and maintenance agreements for a power plant to be built at Tynagh, near Galway, Ireland. Tynagh Energy Ltd will construct and...

German energy utility, RWE, is to raise grid access charges on its high voltage network by 9.6% as of 1st January 2005, a spokesman for the group’s network subsidiary RWE Transport-Netz said on...

The French market was extremely quiet on Friday, lacking direction from both the German market and fuels. November ’04 Baseload was heard to trade at EUR 36.20/MWh but elsewhere the curve was...

Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) and Talisman Energy (UK) Ltd have unveiled plans to build a £24 million deepwater wind farm project, adjacent to the Talismanoperated Beatrice gas field. The...

Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) and Talisman Energy (UK) Ltd have unveiled plans to build a £24 million deepwater wind farm project, adjacent to the Talismanoperated Beatrice gas field. The...

Switzerland hopes to produce 50–100 GWh of electricity annually through wind power by 2010 in a bid to meets its sustainable development objectives set out in the Convention on Climate Change in Rio...

French Total’s executive vice president for gas and power, Yves-Louis Darricarrère, has predicted a European gas supply excess that will depress prices by 2010, according to media reports.He is...

Uskmouth Power Company (UPC) said that it had returned a 121 MW unit of Uskmouth power station – formerly AES Fifoots Point – back online on Thursday. The company said that Unit 13 returned to...